Wings Hauser as US Army officer Lt.
Colonel Matthew Alan Coltraine, the team
leader.

The group named itself Lightning Force in memory
of their original team leader US Army Lieutenant
Mike "Lightning" Rodney who was killed on their
first mission.

According to a party story told by Colonel
Coltraine, Rodney's nickname began when he got
drunk, climbed to the top of a roof in the rain
storm and got struck by lightning while
clutching a lightning rod.

TRIVIA NOTE:
"Call Me Lightning" was a song written by Pete
Townsend in the United Kingdom.